contemporaneous

• Décrit des événements ou des choses qui existent ou se produisent en même temps.

Describes events or things that exist or occur at the same time.

1. Existing or occurring in the same period of timeC1formal

   Describes events, people, or things that exist or happen at the same time.

   contemporain

   • The development of the printing press was contemporaneous with the rise of humanism.
   • The two manuscripts are contemporaneous, both dating from the 14th century.
   • The artist's early works are contemporaneous with the beginning of the modernist movement.

   Synonymescoevalconcurrentcontemporarysimultaneoussynchronic

   Antonymesasynchronousnonsynchronous

2. Belonging to the same time periodC1formal

   Used to describe items or phenomena that share a specific historical era.

   Contemporain (même période)

   • The fossils found in the two layers are contemporaneous, indicating they lived at the same time.
   • The architecture of the cathedral is contemporaneous with the castle across the river.
   • The political changes were contemporaneous with major economic reforms.

   Synonymescoevalcontemporary